2022 Hyundai Tucson PHEV - MPG Test | Real-world Highway Fuel Economy

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The Hyundai Tucson is excellent. However, if you plan on taking many highway road trips, the plug-in hybrid is not your best choice.
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@Nightwing01010 2 года назад

Your battery was empty causing the gas engine to recharge it while you were driving, that's why your numbers were poor. Take the Toyota blinders off.

@anexcho 2 года назад

Agree

@ns123 2 года назад

Great real-world review, I drove 1000 miles (1600 km) from NigraFalls to Washington DC and back in Dec 2021(Tucson PHEV), the outside temperature was around the freezing mark, avg came out around 30 mpg (8L/100km).

@VladShkolaMik 2 года назад

You've spent 5 seconds of your time to convert miles to km for the rest of the world, unlike the author, thank you for that!

@Shutityou Год назад

That’s not what phev vehicles are sold for.

@rajatmahadevan9470 2 года назад

After owning a Tucson PHEV Limited for 3 months and driving a total of 1800 miles there are a lot of things I learnt, remember this is a not performance car so if you use it like one that is going to hit the mpg, I kind of got used to the fact the right amount of pedal you need to keep in order to keep car in electric mode while driving in HEV mode, I usually charge my car 80% battery and on highway I drive with HEV mode not full electric mode, and with optimal usage of acceleration I get around 36 mpg on highways, but yes if I have no electric only charge left it comes around 29. Try not to drive in all electric and automatically switch to HEV, on highways switch to HEV mode with "all electric charge" available you will get a better mpg

@dexterstanley4185 8 месяцев назад

What do you mean by switching to “all electric charge”?

@rajatmahadevan9470 2 года назад

I drove from jersey city NJ to Connecticut with full charge and on HEV mode from the start, I got 34.5 MPG and 55% charge left, while driving back I got 31 MPG with 22% charge left and was impressed

@DavidDLee 2 года назад

The test seems sketchy/invalid. I completely agree that basically nobody will leave on a highway trip with the battery completely depleted. The car might charge the empty battery, reducing efficiency. The addendum video which showed 26.7 MPG on a longer trip together with the 31 MPG on the shorter trip seems to indicate that either there's a lot of variability in fuel economy or that at least on of the test was invalid. Since it is a large range, I believe it is the latter case. I think the correct way to test highway fuel economy is with the battery NOT depleted, but doing at least one, ideally 5 tanks to be sure.

@davidgiles9751 2 года назад

One thing to think about, the Tucson PHEV qualifies for $6,500 of the Federal tax credit while the regular hybrid doesn't. Also, considering a vast majority of most people's driving in something like this will be in the city, where hybrids and PHEVs fair better.

@matthewbecker6553 4 месяца назад

Not anymore. Not enough of it is manufactured in USA so it receives ZERO federal credit under the new rules.

@TheLightningZap Месяц назад

it does not because it wasn't manufactured in the us

@RanAn 2 года назад

I love real world tests like this. Thank you for doing this. How would you say these numbers compare to a comparable non-hybrid, pure ICE, car in a real world test? Because the thing that appeals to me about these plug in hybrids is the fact that 80% of my daily driving is less than 30 miles. Meaning I can use it most of the time entirely as an EV. I think a lot of people are in the same situation for their daily driver. And the times I do take it out of town, as long as it's comparable or better to a similar gas only car I think I'm still overall saving right?

@michaelmcfarland5188 2 года назад

I purchased a phev for that purpose. Less then 30 miles a day. I don't use gas at all. So when I have to go on a long road trip It doesn't really matter what I get fuel wise. What's the real world test for a gas only in the city compared to a PHEV? That's why ppl are buying them. The Toyota prime is great but also cost 10-12k more at the top trim. That's a lot of gas money

@frantisekjelinek1806 2 года назад

Sorry but you actually tested a HEV.. testing a PHEV with a dead battery is not normal 😤

@kipbollinger1795 8 месяцев назад

I agree with your report. I did a similar test but at 65 mph and had 34.7 mpg. Starting with a full battery gave 55 mpg. Both were with out heater. Most of our driving is local, less than 10 miles and less than 50 mph. This is where this vehicle is at its best.

@rajatmahadevan9470 2 года назад

Also note that 33 miles is more than enough for everyday city driving, cars use up more fuel on low speed being in lower gears, that where electric comes as an advantage where the consumption is almost same in any speed, you will save a ton of money

@HalfDread87 Год назад

Plug in hybrids are literally made to be plugged in. If you dont plug them in, youre using the engine to not only drive, but to keep the battery charged to a minimum level of around 10% or so and also running the other electrical parts. So yes, if youre the type of person who needs more than the rated EV only mileage and also purposely would do something like buy a vehicle specifically to not use it as designed or in the most efficient way, then dont buy a phev.

@fmrc69 2 года назад

A PHEV is definitely unique in that if its used as a daily commute in around your neighbourhood to goto work, the grocery store, etc....and always driving right around or less than the 33 mph/50 kmh then you'll almost have an infinite gas mileage which is why I want one because that would be my use case....on top of that my office has EV plugins so I can charge my car at work all day and not even need to spend $ on electricity to charge it. If its used for long trips then it wont have as good mileage as a Hybrid, but will be close.

@ZedaKeys 2 года назад

You can’t just drive a hybrid model car like a normal gas car IF you want to get the most out of the hybrid system and increase your MPG. I recently bought a 2021 Elantra hybrid then got a 2020 Sonata Hybrid and having driven both I can tell you that the hybrid system in both work different.

@wickedroller 2 года назад

I think it depends on what your daily life driving is like rather than testing a long road trip vacation like scenario that you might only do once or twice a year. I think if you can daily commute 30 miles a day and not use any gas for weeks at a time will clearly offset a couple vacations of loss fuel.

@mowcowbell 2 года назад

Totally agree. Most EV/PHEV vehicle tests are totally biased by doing long highway runs. Who drives hundreds of miles a day EACH day? Most of us drive 20-30 miles a day, plugging in each night. I own a Honda Clarity PHEV and I go months without using any gasoline because my daily commute is far less than the 50 miles of EV range my vehicle is capable of.

@Futruo 2 года назад

Can you try a real world test of the non hybrid variant? I'm interested in that fuel economy and how it compares to the hybrid!

@jakes5530 2 года назад

Girlfriend has a 2022 SEL awd, it did 34.5 mpg (on the trip computer) on a recent 150 mile road trip averaging about 72 mph GPS speed, with < 100 ft of altitude change. The wind was likely working in our favor for that trip because on the highway it usually gets right around 30-31 mpg (according to the car's computer) -- which is what we got on the return trip. City mpg is around 18 mpg. I think the non-PHEV hybrid is the sweet spot in my opinion, 35 mpg basically all the time, and price difference is negligible to our non-hybrid. Only reason we didnt get one was bc it wasnt out yet last year when we were looking. Just good luck finding one now...

@occckid123 2 года назад

Cold has alot to do with it. Today was around upper 20's and in my sienna hybrid I fill up ad drive 2 places afterwards mostly highway and driving around 65 I was only able to get 34mpg but when the temp is closet to 50 degrees I get closer to 40mpg.

@kyle910910 Год назад

I would like to see a real world test. This is a great test if you drive 100 miles a day but if you actually drive 20-30 miles a day to and from work you would essentially use zero gas and only use electric

@matthewbecker6553 4 месяца назад

Speed and MPG are inversely related in any vehicle. And the Tucson PHEV does best when EITHER driving local where it is all-electric ... OR by hitting the highway with a full battery and keeping to under the posted speed limits. In ANY vehicle, you get about 10% better gas for each 5 MPH lower speed. If you go 60mph instead of 70mph, you will easily see or exceed the numbers that are advertised. If you go 65, you will be a bit short but not much. Keep in mind that if EPA numbers are based on 48 mph, you are going 25mph over the testing that the MPG is based on. That's 25mph higher wind resistance drag and that increased wind resistance drag will reduce MPG on all cars.

@Lifeasis9 Год назад

Thank you !

@Shutityou Год назад

I drive 25 miles in the am and 25 6 hrs later. Plenty time to charge on solar all day. Can’t see a problem here. Use a previous like me and they are superb.

@rmac2592 2 года назад

It is called a PLUGIN!!!!!! If I am concerned about the environment I am going to charge that battery while traveling. Just me ......

@xianshi8896 2 года назад

thanks for picking up the cup. some people just don't have ................😩

@christopherguzzi1316 11 месяцев назад

30 mpg is fairly respectable for a vehicle this size. Now you add the gas savings with the electric range giving you mpge's at approximately 1/3 the cost of gas plus regenerative braking and it makes sense (unless it is just a road trip car). It'll be nice when charging gets faster and available more places and battery costs and storage improves. I'd like to see something like this with a bigger batter and smaller more fuel efficient engine - that way you'd be getting around 90 mpge most of the time with the occasional gas useage..

@dwoodygura 2 года назад

I really like the Tucson, but I'm already getting 48 mpg on my 2015 Ford Fusion Hybrid.

@jonj77 8 месяцев назад

If only Ford still sold cars in the US! Dumb company.

@anywherenearzero 2 года назад

If you always follow the rule to have your shutter double the frame rate, you won’t have the horrific flickering LED dash

@jorgebenitez9521 2 года назад

What app do you use to track your trip with phone GPS?

@George-yz3sb 2 года назад

Keeping in mind that city driving is more efficient for PHEV and if you dont drive much you may get away with pure EV. Just perspective most people arent always on the highway

@stargate25645 2 года назад

The end of your video doesn't make sense to me - could you elaborate? You calculated nearly 31mpg (less than 0.5 less than the RAV4), but then you show 26.5 under driving conditions that should be better because the EV was included. Can you explain?

@spuddy4063 Год назад

Contrary to what you may have been told ALL PHEV's have a computer on board that does some things that you may not expect. For one that empty battery is not really empty at 16% even though you think it is... I have a PHEV and if you OR I switch to the energy screen you may see that energy EVEN while the vehicle is in gas mode still runs on EV mode while the vehicle is under power. Mine does and that is mainly to assist the engine reach it's target mpg rating. Mine is rated at GM saying between 47 & 48 mpg US from a 8.9 gallon fuel tank. Though mine does considerably better since I travel in Canada and we use a different system of measurement here than in the USA and our gallon is of the larger Imperial volume. So more bang for the buck... And as you can imagine more mpg as a result.

@sintesiz Год назад

I have a 2022 Tucson SEL PHEV. Perhaps something is wrong with your car? I drive on EV alone and it runs what is advertised 33+ miles with driver and passenger weight and AC on top of that. I consider myself a normal type of driver, I tend to follow speed limits, prefer streets over highways and I live in a semi-hilly city in California (warm/hot climate). Maybe its your home climate?

@BoopSnoot 2 года назад

Disappointing, but good to know! I know you did the hybrid, but did y'all ever test the pure gasoline 2.5 smartstream? I'm trying to decide on ordering a gasoline or hybrid Tucson or Sportage, and figure with the same engine/transmission they should do similarly. I drive about 90% highway at 75mph.

@Eugen-E 2 года назад

You don't need the hybrid if you drive 90% on the highway.

@BoopSnoot 2 года назад

@@Eugen-E Sometimes the hybrid is still worth it, depends on the vehicle.

@Eugen-E 2 года назад

@@BoopSnoot The hybrid tucson has more power. So if you want a faster Tucson you go hybrid.

@sftech9215 2 года назад

@@Eugen-E You do. The whole idea of hybrid is regenerative braking. That's possible even on highways when you have effective elevation losses. That will translate into stored battery energy which can be used further to improve fuel economy.

@thomasjaschke123 Год назад

When I’m on a long road trip I’m more then ready to take a break an fuel up so why does the range matter

@xbrizzcakez Год назад

I borrowed a 2019 civic ex-T recently and at 65mph on a trip got 53 mpg. I agree with you that 29mpg is very unimpressive.

@xbrizzcakez Год назад

A little lighter on the throttle and you probably would have gotten close to the claimed 35mpg

@robertduklus6555 Год назад

yor math have failed you somewhere in your calculations

@shichynwang 2 года назад

Need to stop talking about RAV4 Prime. That vehicle is simply not available unless you can wait 2 to 4 yrs.

@mysplashtopaccount5038 2 года назад

Best reviewer! THANK YOU FOR awesome quality videos. You must be an engineer or highly educated.

@IgorChudakov Год назад

With 91 gas you can get better milage - about +10% with cost difference about 5%. And surprisingly for me Costco gas gives more range than Chevron that I used to use for long time for my cars. Would be great to see that test as well. I did not measure the way you did, just noted the numbers after filling up the tank.

@ericgottschalk3505 Год назад

Looks like you had a pretty low battery. In my experience, I have better economy when the battery is fully charged as the engine does not try and charge the battery as much

@sunshinecycling 2 года назад

But you are assuming people are doing tons of highway driving. Other real world tests of mixed driving seem to get closer to 35 mpg. Yes, still less than the RAV4, but also noticeably cheaper. Sooo...I think it's a closer decision of numbers are the only thing that matter. Personally I can't stand the look, inside or out, of Toyota vehicles....never have liked them. Don't care what they say on paper, but until they get new designers in, won't ever buy a Toyota product.

@Eugen-E 2 года назад

But how did you get 30-31mpg in the first test with the battery depleated, and in the long run you got only 27 ?

@DailyMotor 2 года назад

Driving 80 mph in colder temps

@johnlei9821 2 года назад

@@DailyMotor Any car that is driven at that speed will consume more fuel than if it is being driven at 60.

@AlexDaniel-lx1ft 2 года назад

Driving with cruise control reduces your MPG efficiency because you are not coasting which should recharge the battery as you ease off the gas pedal. I think knowing how to use plug-in hybrid is very important. I drove 206 miles yesterday on Hyundai Tuscon plug-in (Ultimate) on a 70miles per hour (Motorway speed limit) and I average 38.1 MPG. I noticed that on one stretch of the road when I used cruise control, my MPG efficency was reducing faster to I took it off.

@Eugen-E 2 года назад

@@AlexDaniel-lx1ft Yes and no. If you don't use cruise control and you take your foot off the gas, then you loose speed (energy) and then you have to compensate this with an acceleration that consumes more energy. Even on hybrids, if you drive in a city with traffic jams you will consume more gas than driving on the highway - personal experience.

@Jumpkix 2 года назад

@@AlexDaniel-lx1ft I tend to feel nauseous when people drive on the highway without cruise control…inconsistently speeding up and slowing down is car sick city for me. I always drive with my cruise on for majority of highway driving. That would be a deal breaker for me just to get 3-5 more MPG.

@MrZola1234 2 года назад

I got 31mpg hwy in the 2019 Tucson I had.

@isaachunt5799 2 года назад

my AWD diesel tucson did 43 mpg tank to tank. this hybrid malarky is just a scam. what about 8 years time when u need a new battery pack costing 15k?

@dipeshpatel7623 2 года назад

Great test and appreciate the litter clean up and your thoughts about people who litter.... I hate those lazy disgusting people who litter.

@caskraker 5 месяцев назад

Well, tell us which PHEV does better! I bet there is none.

@jakes5530 2 года назад

Weird... on the highway, my girlfriend's non-hybrid '22 Tuscon awd usually always gets better mpg than this. Seems like the standard hybrid (non-PHEV) is the way to go.

@SrinivasanChakravarthy 2 года назад

standard hybrid averages 27-28 in Tx, i used to get 30 in colder climates. Regular tucson(se) is better than hybrid because of its tyre size

@jasonpowell584 2 года назад

So then just buy a normal hybrid and save your money… 31 mpg on your small loop and 26mpg on your trip is not worth the extra money for the phev..

@williamlong2682 2 года назад

Well yeah, if you drove slower, you’d get better fuel economy. Hybrids aren’t made for highway fuel economy.

@DailyMotor 2 года назад

😤😤😤😤

@brendanclark81 2 года назад

This is very interesting and discouraging at the same time. I've been considering the Tucson PHEV, but these results are pretty sad. Keeping track of my current '21 SEL HTRAC Tucson, over 18k miles, it's averaged 25.2 MPG (hand calculated) on regular 87 octane. Unless I could take advantage of the PHEV portion on a daily basis, it doesn't look like it would be that much of a jump in MPG.

@jonj77 8 месяцев назад

Not sure what you decided, but if you do a lot of freeway driving, you may be better off w/ a regular hybrid - Niro or Prius get best mpg.

@randomfootages9120 Год назад

RAV4 hybrid is way much better than this in fuel economy absolutely no doubt about it

@sansin6250 10 месяцев назад

If you dont get a tax credit,then economically it makes zero sense. Also, completely wrong way of testing a PHEV.

@Erigion 2 года назад

It still surprises me that Hyundai/Kia stuck with their old (yes, I know they updated it for this generation of vehicles) 6AT for their bigger hybrids. Seems like that combo with a small displacement turbo hurts the efficiency at highway speeds.

@gregkramer5588 2 года назад

It may or may not. The 6 speed auto can have the same range of gear ratios as the 8 speed. Just bigger gaps between gears. The electric motor makes up for these larger jumps since it is not affected. It is still a SUV that pushes a lot of air.

@Hallowsaw 2 года назад

That is absolutely pathetic mpg when a sienna can get 32 on the regular without even trying

@lilpeppa117G 6 месяцев назад

They need to be sued my hybrid is a pig on gas more then a Mazda cx90

@sparklander 2 года назад

Thank you so much for this video. It makes absolutely no sense to pay the premium price for the PHEV unless you almost always limit your trips to 30 miles and stay in the city. Automakers (by increasing prices for the PHEV) and the dealers (through ADM on these cars) are preying on consumers who want to be "green," when in actuality they are anything but green. My 6-cylinder Outback will get 28 mpg on the highway. What a disappointment concerning the actual mileage of these PHEV's. Thank you!!

@scottfurlong5475 2 года назад

For the time being, I think the plug-in hybrids make total sense for most people, not all. Right now our federal and provincial rebates put the price of a plug-in hybrid vehicle at almost the same cost as it's gas only counterpart. So no premium paid. My Mazda CX-5 gets 28.3 MPG and our V6 minivan gets about 26 MPG so I think the fuel economy of this PHEV running gas only is not that bad.

@sparklander 2 года назад

But my Kia dealers are adding $5K to the already inflated price of the PHEV. It will be interesting how Kia prices the Sportage PHEV next month.

@scottfurlong5475 2 года назад

@@sparklander my wife and I went out Saturday past and test drove Santa Fe, Sorrento and Sportage. None were p h e v but the Santa Fe was hybrid. We just wanted to see what the vehicle was like to ride and see how much space it was inside. Both dealers quoted phev prices at MSRP plus about $300.

@dasshape00 2 года назад

Litter creates jobs for people. City workers, prisoners get out all day.

@drivefly5 2 года назад

Great test as usual, but horrible car... RAV4 Prime is a way better option!

@allanc5743 2 года назад

Not really. RAV4 looks very outdated on the inside, and Tucson offers much better value. RAV4 also uses a CVT, so you win some you lose some.

@Eugen-E 2 года назад

@@allanc5743 RAV4 is faster, has more power, has more EV range, heats the cabin without turning on the engine and is more efficient. Yes it looks outdated but the engineering is way better. Hyundai can't ofer such engineering level and gives you better looks )))

@allanc5743 2 года назад

@@Eugen-E the decision is not that clear cut. They each have their own pros/cons. See the comparisons online. Hyundai also offers 3-years of remote connected services vs Toyota's 1-year. And Tucson has more passenger space. Note that the RAV4 Prime top spec'd model is also way more expensive than to get the equivalent features from the Tucson. So Hyundai is the overall better value in my opinion.

@Eugen-E 2 года назад

@@allanc5743 Hyundai offers you this and that only to compensate for the lack of engineering. RAV is more expansive because has way better engineering. Passenger space is equal. RAV is the better car.

@allanc5743 2 года назад

By that logic if you don't use price as an evaluation, then you might as well get a Tesla Model Y and be done with it.

@isaachunt5799 2 года назад

hybrids are a marketing scam. my diesel tucson did 43mpg tank to tank..forget this shite and buy the diesel version. people are being scammed by this crap

@sentryion3106 9 месяцев назад

mind telling me how much diesel cost compared to gasoline? Yea you really forgot that part of the equation

@isaachunt5799 9 месяцев назад

@@sentryion3106 mind telling me how much extra those pos hybrids cost more than a diesel`? 10k usd more i think. how much diesel you think 10 000 usd can buy. hybrids are a scam